Last Word

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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578 episodes
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Nov 6, 2020 · 28 min
Sir Sean Connery, Eavan Boland, Nobby Stiles MBE, Bobby Ball
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a poet, a footballer, a comedian.
Oct 30, 2020 · 28 min
David Toole OBE, Professor Valerie Curtis, Frank Bough, Jill Paton Walsh CBE
Matthew Bannister on a dancer, a hygiene expert, a TV presenter, an author
Oct 27, 2020 · 28 min
Herbert Kretzmer, James Nash, Tom Maschler, Sister Chiara Hatton Hall
Matthew Bannister on a lyricist, an adventurer, a publisher, a nun.
Oct 16, 2020 · 28 min
Derek Mahon, Professor Gerta Vrbová, Ang Rita Sherpa, Helena Shenel
Matthew Bannister on a poet, a physiologist, a mountaineer, a voice coach.
Oct 9, 2020 · 28 min
Kenzo Takada, Colonel John Waddy, Frank Windsor, Ann Getty
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a soldier, an actor, a socialite
Oct 6, 2020 · 27 min
Sir Harold Evans, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Alan Minter, Helen Taylor-Thompson
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a judge, a charity worker, a boxer.
Oct 2, 2020 · 27 min
Juliette Greco, Bob Gore, Dame Georgina Mace, Jiri Menzel
Julian Worricker on a singer, an inventor, an ecologist and a film director.
Sep 18, 2020 · 28 min
Sir Terence Conran, Dame Diana Rigg CBE, Shere Hite, Toots Hibbert
Matthew Bannister on a designer, an actor, a researcher, a musician.
Sep 11, 2020 · 28 min
Stuart King, Comrade Duch, Deirdre Le Faye, David Bryant CBE
Julian Worricker on a pioneering humanitarian, an executioner, a scholar, a sportsman.
Sep 4, 2020 · 28 min
Chadwick Boseman, Sir Kenneth Robinson, Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Doreen Davies
Matthew Bannister on: an actor, an educationalist, a politician, a BBC manager
Aug 28, 2020 · 28 min
Dr James Partridge OBE, Sally Jacobs, Angela Buxton, Philip Horniblow OBE
Julian Worricker on a designer, a campaigner, a sportswoman, an adventurer.
Aug 21, 2020 · 28 min
Julian Bream CBE, Elizabeth Ward OBE, Chris Graham-Bell, Stuart Christie
Matthew Bannister on a guitarist, a campaigner, a publisher, an anarchist.
Aug 14, 2020 · 28 min
Hawa Abdi, Clive Ponting, President Lee Teng-hui, Richard Brooke
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a whistleblower, a President, a mountaineer.
Aug 7, 2020 · 28 min
John Hume, Stan Mellor MBE, Paulette Wilson, Sir Alan Parker
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a jockey, a campaigner, a film director
Jul 31, 2020 · 28 min
Stuart Wheeler, Josephine Cox, Miloš Jakeš, Peter Green
Matthew Bannister on a financier, an author, a politician, a guitarist.
Jul 24, 2020 · 27 min
John Lewis, Tony Elliott CBE, Wendy Cooling, Dr Alan Howard
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a publisher, an educationalist and a nutritionist.
Jul 17, 2020 · 28 min
Jack Charlton, Zindzi Mandela, Charles Webb, Ida Haendel
Matthew Bannister on a footballer, an activist, a writer, a violinist.
Jul 10, 2020 · 28 min
Ennio Morricone, Sir Everton Weekes, Baroness Maddock, Earl Cameron CBE
Matthew Bannister on a composer, a cricketer, a politician, an actor
Jul 3, 2020 · 28 min
Milton Glaser, Terry Dicks, Professor Tom Arie, Else Blangsted
Matthew Bannister on a designer, an MP, a psychiatrist, a music editor.
Jun 26, 2020 · 27 min
Sir Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, Felicity Bryan MBE, Lily Lian
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an ambassador, an agent, a singer